BBC news 2011-06-20 加文本

短语讲解：

1.Nato has acknowledged that one of its weapons in the Libyan capital Tripoli may not have hit the intended target and would have caused a number of civilian casualties.

a number of一些
例句：A great number of problems have arisen.
出现了许多问题。

2. The protests came as the Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou appealed to parliament to push through painful economic reforms.

appeal to向…呼吁; 向…请求;恳求
例句：The United Nations appealed to the people of the developed countries for aiding those of the backward countries.
联合国呼吁发达国家的人民援助落后国家的人民。
push through使(某人或某事)被通过，使(提案等)获得通过
例句：We shall need all the votes we can get to push the new law through.
我们需要我们所能得到的所有选票，才好使新的法律得以通过。

3. Crowds have once again been gathering outside the Greek parliament, voicing their opposition to any further budget cuts in exchange for new funding from the IMF and the EU.

in exchange for交换
例句：Tom gave Helen an apple in exchange for a piece of cake.
汤姆用一个苹果与海伦换一块蛋糕。

4. Refugees trying to cross from Syria into Turkey say the Syrian army has cut off a border town which had been providing those fleeing with vital supplies.

cut off切〔隔〕断, 阻碍
例句：Our troops cut off the enemy's retreat.
我们的军队切断了敌人的退路。
provide with给…提供;以…装备
例句：Somehow she managed to provide her children with food and clothing.
她总算设法使她的孩子有饭吃,有衣穿。

5. It runs through a camp that now houses many of Syria's displaced.

run through (使)在…流过
例句：The river runs through several underground caves which store the water for the city's use.
这条河流经几处贮存城市用水的地下蓄水池。

6. The number of people living here squeezed up along the Syrian-Turkish border has been growing, and over the weekend, more people have come to this particular camp from the town of Bdama, which Syrian forces went into.

squeeze up (使)挤紧，(使挤拢)
例句：She didn't like being squeezed up with them for the night, so she phoned me.
她不愿与他们挤在一起睡，所以她给我打了电话。

7. It's clearly as far as the people here are concerned, a very frightening situation, and they all say they don't know when they will return to their homes.

as far as据…, 就…
例句：As far as I know, he will be away for three months.
据我所知, 他将离开三个月。

8. I think that the Taliban have to feel themselves under military pressure, and begin to believe that they can't win before they're willing to have a serious conversation.

be willing to乐于
例句：They are willing to wholly devote themselves to the task.
他们立志把自己全部献身于这项任务。

9. Pakistan is setting up a new commission of inquiry into security and intelligence failures surrounding the presence in Pakistan of the former al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden and last month's US military incursion in which he was killed.

set up准备; 安排; 建立，建造, 创立, 竖立
例句：All the arrangements have been set up for the newspapermen to meet the Queen.
新闻记者谒见女王的所有安排已经就绪。

10. The Prime Minister of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, has resigned, complying with a UN-backed deal aimed at ending a feud between the president and the parliamentary speaker.

comply with服从, 遵从
例句：The factory was closed for failing to comply with government safety regulations.
工厂由于未能遵守政府的安全条例而被关闭了。
aim at以…为目标
例句：The visit was aimed at expanding the relations between the two countries.
访问的目的是扩展两国的关系。

11. To stop the division and the long-existing feud between senior Somali politicians, I decided to step down from my position.

step down辞职，下台
例句：The manager had to step down on account of poor health.
那位经理由于身体不好, 只能辞职不干。

12. And a British peace campaigner who camped outside parliament in London for 10 years in protest at the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has died of lung cancer. Jonathan Blake reports.

die of死于(疾病、过度悲伤等)
例句：People are dying of cancer more and more often.
死于癌症的人越来越多了。

13. The former carpenter, who had a strong Christian faith, was moved to stage his protest in response to sanctions against Iraq.

in response to对…做出反应
例句：The quick recovery was truly in response to medication.
这次迅速康复确实是对药物治疗的反应。

14. He said the children of that country were as valuable and worthy of love as his own.

例句：be worthy of值得,应得
He is worthy of our praise.
他值得我们赞许。